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Good Morning, Zombies
While George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead was originally panned by critics in 1968, the film has gone on to wide acclaim — it jump-started modern zombie cinema, and also mixed-in dark social commentary about the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960′s. Romero’s 1978 follow-up, Dawn of the Dead, didn’t suffer a sophomore [...]
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Tagged 1968, 1978, consumer culture, Dawn of the Dead, George Romero, Night of the Living Dead, sophomore jinx, zombies
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